Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Santa Maria Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 06083002409 · Santa Barbara, CA · pop 9,401 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Santa Maria
Tract 06083002409 sits in Santa Maria, CA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. Population here is 9,401. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,751
Renter share41.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$99,464
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Santa Maria and the region
Centroid at 34.9288, -120.4781 · click any tract to drill in
Why Santa Maria scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Santa Maria
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
California legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,828 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Santa Maria
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Santa Maria
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Santa Maria
7.4
How Santa Maria compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 21.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 22.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 19.0%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Santa Maria
Against Santa Barbara County at 51.2%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 21.5% against 14.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Santa Barbara County average of 7.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,828, close to the Santa Maria average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $99,464. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 06083002409
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 06083002409?
Census tract 06083002409 in Santa Maria scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 06083002409?
Median gross rent is $1,828/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 06083002409?
12.0% of residents in tract 06083002409 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 9,401.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 06083002409?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 91th, minority 87th, housing 76th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 06083002409 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.5% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 06083002409 compare to Santa Maria overall?
Tract 06083002409 scores 7.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Santa Maria at 7.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Santa Maria; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Santa Maria
Top eight tracts in Santa Maria ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · CA
06083002304
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002405
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002406
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002407
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002408
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002205
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002206
8.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · CA
06083002410
8.7
/ 10 · High
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